Round-robin
is a common enough phrase, but none of the meanings recorded is
applicable in this connection.
is a common enough phrase, but none of the meanings recorded is
applicable in this connection.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
Paul's.
In Hogsden fields Jonson killed
Gabriel Spenser in a duel in 1598. These fields were a great
resort for the citizens on a holiday. The eating of cream there is
frequently mentioned. See the quotation from Wither under note 1. 1.
11, and _Alchemist_, _Wks. _ 4. 155 and 175:
----Ay, he would have built
The city new; and made a ditch about it
Of silver, should have run with cream from Hogsden.
Stephen in _Every Man in_ dwelt here, and so was forced to associate
with 'the archers of Finsbury, or the citizens that come a-ducking
to Islington ponds. ' Hogsden or Hoxton, as it is now called, is
to-day a populous district of the metropolis.
=1. 1. 18 shee will not let you play round Robbin. = The expression
is obscure, and the dictionaries afford little help.
Round-robin
is a common enough phrase, but none of the meanings recorded is
applicable in this connection. Some child's game, played in a circle,
seems to be referred to, or the expression may be a cant term for
'play the deuce. ' Robin is a name of many associations, and its
connection with Robin Hood, Robin Goodfellow, and 'Robert's Men'
('The third old rank of the Canting crew. '--Grose. ) makes such an
interpretation more or less probable.
M. N. G. in _N. & Q. _ 9th Ser. 10. 394 says that 'when a man does
a thing in a circuitous, involved manner he is sometimes said "to
go all round Robin Hood's barn to do it. "' 'Round Robin Hood's
barn' may possibly have been the name of a game which has been
shortened to 'round Robin. '
=1. 1.
Gabriel Spenser in a duel in 1598. These fields were a great
resort for the citizens on a holiday. The eating of cream there is
frequently mentioned. See the quotation from Wither under note 1. 1.
11, and _Alchemist_, _Wks. _ 4. 155 and 175:
----Ay, he would have built
The city new; and made a ditch about it
Of silver, should have run with cream from Hogsden.
Stephen in _Every Man in_ dwelt here, and so was forced to associate
with 'the archers of Finsbury, or the citizens that come a-ducking
to Islington ponds. ' Hogsden or Hoxton, as it is now called, is
to-day a populous district of the metropolis.
=1. 1. 18 shee will not let you play round Robbin. = The expression
is obscure, and the dictionaries afford little help.
Round-robin
is a common enough phrase, but none of the meanings recorded is
applicable in this connection. Some child's game, played in a circle,
seems to be referred to, or the expression may be a cant term for
'play the deuce. ' Robin is a name of many associations, and its
connection with Robin Hood, Robin Goodfellow, and 'Robert's Men'
('The third old rank of the Canting crew. '--Grose. ) makes such an
interpretation more or less probable.
M. N. G. in _N. & Q. _ 9th Ser. 10. 394 says that 'when a man does
a thing in a circuitous, involved manner he is sometimes said "to
go all round Robin Hood's barn to do it. "' 'Round Robin Hood's
barn' may possibly have been the name of a game which has been
shortened to 'round Robin. '
=1. 1.
